NOTTINGHAM City Council is expected to protect all funding for domestic violence services next year, following campaigning by the Post.
The Man Enough domestic violence campaign was launched on Valentine's Day after at least seven domestic violence deaths in Notts in the previous two years.
It is run in partnership with a number of organisations, including Nottingham City Council, which is drawing up its budget for 2013-14.
Council cash helps pay for refuges in the city, independent domestic violence advisers who help keep high-risk victims and their children safe, and work carried out in city schools on the subject.
The council is expected to promise to protect domestic violence services for the next year in a motion which will be put to the full council on December 10.
Councillor Alex Norris, who works on community safety, said: "I think we've seen, through the campaign, the strength of feeling and the need to do this.
"Like all councils, we're looking at this difficult period about what we can safeguard and protect and this is a key area.
"The Man Enough campaign has brought this home.
"Domestic violence is a very real issue which affects and destroys many lives and families across Nottingham. The motion shows that the city council is committed to doing everything it can to protect funding for vital services that support and protect victims and survivors."
The council is also expected to promise to lobby the Government and Police and Crime Commissioner Paddy Tipping over central funding for the services.
Responsibility for giving out the community safety grant has been transferred from the Government to Mr Tipping.
Traditionally, it has been given to the Crime and Drugs Partnership, which spends it on a services, including those tackling domestic violence. The council hopes this will continue.
Mr Norris said the council would also put pressure on the Government to try to ensure other councils did not cut domestic violence provisions.
"What we want to avoid is a postcode lottery," he said.
The news, which follows international White Ribbon Day on Sunday, part of the fight against domestic violence, has been welcomed by Notts Domestic Violence Forum, which is also a partner in the Man Enough campaign.
A spokeswoman said: "The council's commitment to support the continuation of this approach is to be applauded, and particularly poignant with the motion being passed during the White Ribbon period."
Have you been affected by domestic violence? E-mail delia.monk@nottinghampostgroup.co.uk
